Re: peppers cross pollinating?

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• Subject: Re: peppers cross pollinating?
• From: r* b* <b*@PRIMENET.COM>
• Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 15:04:35 -0700

Cross pollination is an issue if you save seed but not for the current crop.
Also, if you have hybrids, the seed from them may reflect a parent or be
sterile.

Rich

At 08:26 AM 5/1/97 -0500, Kerri Urban wrote:
>I am planning to plant five different types of peppers in two adjacent
>4' X 4' beds.  I have heard that peppers will cross-pollinate.  Is this
>necessarily a bad thing or will my bell peppers just have a little kick
>to them b/c of the hot peppers?
>
>To avoid this, how far apart would varieties need to be from one
>another?
>
>Of course, I'm assuming that it will someday warm up enough to actually
>plant around here (still chilly in Illinois)
>
>Thanks!
>
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